Method of making album bags



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METHOD 0F MAKING ALBUM BAGS l Filed April 248, 1942 6 Sheets-Sheet 4INVENT'oR GEORGE Ml PoP/D5 ATTORNEY G. W. POPPE METHOD 0F MAKING ALBUMBAGS 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed April 28, 1942 INVENTOR fo/@Gf M/ ,D0/Opf;

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Sept 25, 1945- G. w. PoPPE METHOD OF MAKING ALBUM BAGS 6 Sheets-Sheerl 6Filed April 28 1942 Patented Sept. 2.5, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEMETHOD 0F MAKING ALBUM BAGS George W. Poppe, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignerto Equitable Paper Bag Co.` Inc.,l Long Island City, N. Y., acorporation of New York Application April 28, 1942, Serial No. 440,812

. 4 Claims.

The present invention relates to a method for making album bags,l thatis bags having a binding edge which may be perforated thereby enablingthe bags conveniently to be bound together in album form.

The binding edge of the bag may include several plies to give thenecessary or desired stiftness to the binding edge and to compensate forthe thickness of the bag when filled. The bag produced is adapted to beused for storing phonograph records or similar articles. The binding maybe formed by turning over one or both edges of a web from which the bagis made or not turning over at the edges at all. A reenforcing strip mayalso be inserted between edges of the web or between the folded overedges of the web.

An object of the invention is to provide a method by which album bagsmay be produced on a. bag machine.

The several features of the invention include the manner of folding andcutting a continuously advancing web, whereby a bag is produced having aclosed bottom and a marginal binding edge extending beyond the bottomclosure; the manner of inserting the reenforcing strip at the bindingedge during the continuous advance of the web; the construction of theformer of a bag machine. that it may properly sever the folded web andthe coordination of the former and lip knife for proper bag sectionseverance.

Other features and advantages will become apparent from the followingdetailed description and claims when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through a bag machine showing so muchof such machine as will enable the present invention to be understood;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic top plan view showing one way in which the webmay be f olded and one edge turned over and pasted;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 Fig. 2:

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing another Way of vfoldingthe web;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 in which the paste line at one edgeof the web is fed underneath the former, the latter being grooved toprevent the paste from coming into contact with the former;

Fig. '7 is a section on the line '|-1 Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 Fig. 6 and is substantially the sameas Fig. 3;

Figs. 9 and 10 are enlarged details of two types of former heads;

Fig. 11 is a schematic view in elevation ofthe rear portion of a machineshowing how both edges of the web may be prefolded before passing to thetype of machine shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic top plan view of Fig. 11 y Fig. 13 is acontinuation of Fig. 12 and differs from Fig. 2 only in showing more indetail the manner in which a bag section is treated after severance;

Fig. 14 is a section on line H--M Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a perspective detail of the die for cutting off the top of abag section;

Fig. 16 is a top plan view similar to Fig. 4 showing the manner offeeding a reenforcing strip along with the Web;

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Fig. 17 is an enlarged section on line I'l--II Fig. 16;

Fig. 18 is a longitudinal section of the rear AJortion of the machineshown in Fig. 16;

Fig.` 19 is an enlarged view of a typical bag section such as may resultfrom any one of the several methods disclosed and before the bottom isclosed; and,

Fig. 20 is a completed album bag.

The method of producing the album bag may be carried out in severalways, as will hereinafter appear. In its broader aspects however, themethod includes the folding of a continuouslsr advancing web of paper,whichweb is provided with pairs of cuts spaced transversely, each pairbeing also spaced longitudinally at bag section intervals, the cutsbeing within the margins of the web and the line of Ofold beingcoincident with at least one end of one longitudinal series of cuts. Themethod further includes the severing of one wall of the folded over webby two transverse cuts, one of these cuts extending from one edge of theweb to the inner end of one of said cuts and the other transverse cutconnecting the outer ends of a pair of cuts. The other wall of thefolded web is severed by a transverse cut extending from the edge of theweb remote from the fold, to the fold thereof and in line with the innerends of the same pair of cuts.

The cuts may be straight or diagonal and form the side edges of thebottom closure flap. For better appearance this bottom flap ispreferably oftrapezoidal form and hence the cuts shown in the drawingsare all diagonal but the method is not limited to diagonal cuts.

Since high speed of production is one of the objects accomplished, themethod in its several aspects is shown as practiced on a bag machinehaving several new features which enable the method to be carried outsuccessfully and at high speed.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 shows a bag machine having'the usualframework 2 supporting the severalI shafts by which the machine isdriven.

The ,web of paper 4, from which the bags are made passes from a roll andover guide rollers 6, 1 and 8 and about a roller i5. It then passes overrollers I2 and i3 and downwardly under a former I4 having an upstandingoblique portion I5. The former is supported as is customary -by a headl5 supported by arms i?, constituting part of the framework.

As the web passes over the roller i0, in the form of the inventionasshown in Fig. 2, said web receives two lines of paste. One line ofpaste is supplied near one edge of the web by a disc I8 and the oppositeedge is supplied with a line of paste from a disc 25, each of said pastediscs dipping into a. paste pot 2|.

Situated above the roller I0 is a shaft 22 supporting two adjustablescore rollers 24 for making longitudinal scores in the web whereverrequired along what will constitute the lines of fold.

Situated vertically above the roller I2 is a shaft 25 carryingadjustable dies 2S for making Athe longitudinal or oblique cuts in theweb which cuts will eventually form the side edges of the bottom closureflap of the finished bag. The

cuts made by the dies 25 are shown at 21 Fig. 2

and each pair of cuts is spaced apart longitudinally at bag sectionintervals.

A third shaft 28 is located vertically above the roller I3 and carriesan adjustable die 30 for making convex cuts indicated at 32, Fig. 2.

The album bag produced by the present method and machine is providedwith a binding edge 45 .as shown in Fig. 20 and in the methodillustrated in Fig. 2 provision is made for reenforcing this bindingedge by turning over one edge of the web and pasting it to the body ofthe web.

The web as usual is drawn through the machine by the usual feed rollersand 3B and prior to reaching the feed rollers the web is folded overupon itself along the score line indicated at a-a, Fig. 2. The webtherefore reaches the feed rollers in folded over condition. As isusual, the feed rollers engage the Walls of the folded over web betweenthem and this is made possible by cutting out the former` at 38 Fig. 2,the feed rollers being located at the -cut out portions.

As the web progresses towards the feed rollers one edge of the web isturned up along the score line indicated by b-b Fig. 2 and this turningup is effected by a plow share 40 assisted by i a bent wire 42 suitablysupported from a shaft 43 Fig. 1.

A second plow share 44 turns the edge over on itself. At the same timethe web is also folded along the score line a-a Fig. 2 and the oppositeedge of the web is folded on top of the edge 45, Fig. 2, after said edgehas been turned over.

The edge 45 contains the paste line 46 and the opposite edge containsthe paste line 41, both paste -lines being on top of the web prior tothe folding over step. When the plow shares 40 and 44 tum over the edge45 the paste line 46 is then located underneath the turned over edge 45and is pasted to the body of the web, Fig. 3. As

` previously described, the other margin of the web is folded over ontop of the folded over edge 45 and as the folded over web passes betweenthe feed rollers, both webs are secured together to form a bag tube.

In cutting the tube into bag sections, the construction of the formerbecomes important. If the former were of the usual `bag tube widththroughout, then when the edge Al5 were turned over by the plow share 44onto such a former, the pasted edge 45 would be pasted to the former.Therefore the former i4 is of the usual bag tube width for a portionthereof extending forwardly from the heel 'but is provided with ashoulder 48 Fig. 2 and from the shoulder to the serrated end 5G theformer is narrower than the tube width. The position of the plow share44 is such that as the edge 45, is turned over the completion of theturning is not effected until the web has passed the shoulder 48 andtherefore the edge 45 is pasted to the web and escapes the former.

As the tube passes the feed rollers 35 and 36 it is cut oil into bagsections by the serrated edge 5B of the former and by the serrated edgeof the lip knife 52 through the operation of the striker bar 54 carriedby a sprocket chain 55 operated in the usual manner.

Since the lip knife severs the upper wall of the tube clear .across andthe lower wall to the inner ends of the cuts 21, and the former seversthe lower wall along a line coincident with the outer ends of the cuts21, a. bag section is produced which has a bottom closure and a marginalbinding edge extending beyond the bottom closure flap at one side.

As the striker Ibar 54 severs the tube, the latter is pinched by theusual pinch bar mechanism which includes a lower roller 56 and a pinchbar 51 engaging the roller 56. The roller 56 is carried .by a shaft 58and the machine may be driven 49 by this shaft, to which suitable powermay be applied. All of the details of the driving connections are notshown as they all are of well known construction and are shown inseveral of my prior patents. Some of these connections however, areshown in Fig. 1, since they vary somewhat from the usual construction.'I'hey include the usual sprocket chain B0 which may pass over asprocket carried by the shaft 5B, and over a sprocket carried by theshaft 62, the latter shaft being geared to the shaft 63. The shafts 25and 28 are driven by a sprocket chain 64 passing over a sprocket on theshaft 63 and over sprockets carried by the shafts 25 and 28. Theseseveral sprockets are merely indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 1 astheir construction is Well known and they do not form part of thepresent invention, except that they form part of a well known machine bywhich the method herein described and claimed, may commercially bepracticed.

With the construction just described, the shafts 25 and 28 rotate oncefor each' rotation of the shaft 58, and at each rotation of these shaftsa bag section is cut off irrespective of its length. .As is usual in bagmachines, different length bags are made by changing the ratio of drivebetween the shaft 58 and the feed rollers 35 and 35. These changeconnections are not shown because they are old and well known in bagmachine construction. It is essential however, that the shaft 22carrying the scoring` disc 24 be rotated at the same surface speed asthe paper is being fed and therefore these discs must rotate at the sameperipheral speed as the feed rollers. To accomplish this the upper feedroller 35 carries a sprocket over which passes a sprocket chain 23 Fig.1 and around the sprocket carried by the shaft 22. A roller 29 supportedby a bracket projecting from one of the frame members serves to take upany slack in the sprocket chain 23.

The handling of a bag tube section after it has been severed and passesbeyond the pinch bar mechanism, will be described later, since suchhandling is the same whether the method is carried out in one way oranother.

Referring to Fig. 4 the method there shown differs from that illustratedin Fig. 2 mainly by a difference in folding of the web. The cutting isthe same as in Fig. 2. Only one paste line 48 is required because theedge 85 is folded first and then the edge 45 is folded on top of thefolded over edge 85. It also differs from Fig. 2 in that the former isof different shape as will be later described more in detail,

In carrying out the method as illustrated in Fig. 4 the web 4 is fed asshown in Fig. 1, and may receive score lines as at aa and b-b, the cuts21 and the cuts 32. Only one line of paste however is used in formingthe tube. This line of paste 46 is applied near one edge, as in Fig. 2,and the plow shares 48 and 44 are also provided. The edge 45 however, isnot folded upon itself, but is folded on top of the opposite edge of theweb. Hence, the opposite edge of the web is carried under th'e turned upedge 45, before, or about the time the web reaches -the plow shares 44,as shown in Fig. 3.

Since the line of paste 48 comes into contact with the edge of the web85, after said edge has been folded over, it is not necessary to'provide the former with the shoulder 48. The former therefore may be ofbag tube width throughout almost its entire length. Almost, but notquite. The former head or serrated end 58, extends only the distancebetween the outer ends of the cuts 21, and is stepped backat 88 at oneside only. From the step 88, to the cut out 38 the former is of bag tubewidth. The length of the step 88 is substantially equal to the width ofthe binding edge or margin 45 as sh'own in Fig. 20.

By outer ends of the cuts is meant the more advanced ends as the tubeprogresses in the direction of the arrows shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Thetrailing ends of the cuts 21 are referred to as the inner ends.

The stepped former used in the Fig. 4 construction may be of the typeshown in either Figs. 9 or 10. In Fig. 9 the cutaway portion or step 88is plain, while in Fig. 10 it is serrated.

It will be recalled that when the tube is cut off by the former and lipknife under action of the striker bar 54 Fig. 1, the lower wall of thetube is severed along a line connecting the outer ends of the cuts 21.With the type of former shown in Fig. 4 the lower wall is also severedby the former between the points 88a (Fig. 10) and the edge of theformer 88h. This construction makes it possible for the lip knife tosever th'e upper wall only.

With the type of former shown in Fig. 9, however, the lip knife has tosever the upper wall and the lower wall between the edge 88a and 88h,Fig. 9. This is also true of the construction shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 6 the former is likethat shown in Fig. 2,

except that it is provided with a longitudinal groove 88 on its underside, as shown in Fig. 7. The other parts shown in Fig. 2 also appear inFig. 6. `The line of paste 48, however, is applied farther from theVedge of the web and within the fold line b-b. The paste line 48therefore passes under the former and within the groove 88. By thisconstruction the paste does not come into contact with the former. Asthe web passes beyond the shoulder 48, the edge 45 is folded down andpasted to theweb. The edge 85, which also has a line of paste 41, withinits edge is folded on top of the turned over edge 45,

and the web, then in the form of a tube, passes between the feed rollers35 and 38.

As previously stated the tube, after passing the feed rollers, issevered into bag tube sections by the former and lip knife. Each sectioncontains a bottom iiap 49 (Fig. 19), and a marginal binding edge 45extending beyond the iiap at one side. This edge is reenforced by theturned over edge 45 and in th'e forms already described contains threeplies of paper.

In order to provide a binding edge containing four plies, a constructionshown in Figs. 11, 12 and 13, may be used. The method pursued however isbroadly the same as heretofore stated but the means by which the methodmay be vpracticed roll 5 and over guide rollers 81 and 88 to a roller 18from which it passes' under a short former 12. The latter extends from13 to 14 Figs. 11 and 12. As the web passes the roller 18 two lines ofpaste are applied by the paste discs 18 and 11, and two score lines aremade by the score rollers 18. Plow shares 88 one on each side of theweb, turn over each edge, the width of each turned over edge being thatof the marginal binding edge. Two rollers 82 on shaft 83 serve tosupport the web. Above the rollers 82 are two gravity rollers 84 carriedby shaft 85.which serve to press the pasted edges of the web to the bodyof the web. The web with its edges prefolded passes to the rollers 1 and8, and over the roller I8, as in Fig. 1.

As the prefolded web passes over the roller I8, it receives a singleline of paste from paste disc 28, Fig. 12, and is scored along a linewhich is to constitute the fold, by score roller 24. It also receivesthe cuts 21 and 32. It is then folded over onto the former I4 as shownin Fig. 13 and passes between the feed rollers 35 and 38 as in Fig. 1construction.

It will be noted that the former i4 asshown in Fig. 13 is cut entirelyaway along one edge. The width of the cut-away portion is substantiallyequal to the width of the marginal binding edge. The right side of theformer, Fig. 13, is cut out at 38 so that the rollers 85 and 38 at thiscut out portion can engage the folded web between them. The rollers atthe left extend beyOnd the former edge.

After the folded web passes the feed rollers lit is cut oil into bagsections by the serrated end 58 of the former and by the lip knife 52 asalready described. A

The handling of the bag sections after they have been cut oil has beendeferred to this point in the specication because it was more convenientto show the cutting oif of the top of a bag section in Fig. 13 than inany of the previous figures.

Such bag sections leave the pinch bar mechanism, including the roller 58and the pinch bar 51, and pass between two rollers 88 and 89 Fis. l. Thelower roller 89 is a hardened steel roller and the upper roller 88carries a die 98 and a' die 32. The ldie 98 makes the circular hole 93shown in Fig. 13 and the die 92 is shaped as shown in the perspectiveview Fig. 15. 'Ihe die 92 cuts one wall of the bag clear across whilethe other wall is cut to the edges of the cut 32.

The chip 96 shown in Figs. l and 13, may be disposed of in any desiredmanner. The bag section then passes between rollers 98 and |00, which,through the usual mechanism, fold over the bottom flap 59 and paste itin the usual manner thus completing the bag in the form shown in Fig.20.

In the form shown in this figure the out out 32 is on the same wall ofthe bag as the folded over bottom nap 9.

It is obvious, however, that the web instead of being folded in theseveral figures, from right to left, as for instance in Figs. 2 and 4,could be folded from left to right. If so folded, the right side of theformer would be shaped as shown in the several figures instead of theleft side.

It is also obvious that the cuts 32 if made as shown in the severalfigures would pass under the former instead of on top of the former. Ithere- If the web is folded from right to left as shown in the severalfigures, then the cut 32 made by the die 30 will appear in the same wallupon which the bottom closing ilap 49 folds.

Instead of turning over one orv both edges of the web I may use areenforcing strip |02, not l wider than the binding edge or margin, ofthe nished bag and in Figs. 16, 17 and 18, a method and machine forhandling such a strip is disclosed.

The strip may also be used between the folded over side edges, ifdesired. It may itself be folded. In which case it would not be widerthan the marginal edge.

The strip |02 is fed from a roll |03 and passes on top of the web 4 assaid web passes over the roller I0, Fig. 18. A paste disc I8 appliespaste to the web 4 as it passes over the roller I0 as in Fig. 2 or Fig.3 and as the strip |02 if fed on top of the web 4 it is pasted to italong a paste line indicated at |04, Fig. 17.

The usual cuts32 and 21 are made in the web by the dies 2'6 and 30 and ascore line is 'also made by a score disc 24, Fig. 16. The web is foldedover onto the former along the score line indicated by-c--c Fig. 16 andas a folded web, it passes under the feed rollers andris cut off intobag sections in the manner already described.

It may be desirable that the two edges of the web in its folded overcondition be not pasted together, and therefore, in Fig. 16 no paste isapplied to the edge 65 of the web.

Since the paste line |04 is underneath the strip |02, the former I4 inthe construction shown in Fig. 6, may be of the usual bag tube width.

The bag tube section shown in Fig. 19 has been purposely described inthe detailed description of the figures as a typical bag section,because if a web is folded over without any paste lines whatever, therewould be produced a bag tube section such as shown in Fig. 19 with abinding edge 45 but with no paste and only two plies in thickness.

If one edge of the web is turned over and pasted as inFig. 2, then asection such as shown in Fig. 19 would have a binding edge 45 of threethicknesses with two lines of paste therebetween as indicated in Fig.3.v n

If the web is folded and pasted' as in Fig. 4 there would result athree-ply binding edge with only one line of paste between the edge andthe folded over portion of the web as clearly indicated in Fig. 5.

Ii the web is pre-formed with two of its edges folded over as in Fig.l2, the binding edge would appear as in Fig. 14, and contain four plies.

If the narrow reenforcing strip 102 is used thenthe binding edge wouldappear as in Fig. 17, and contain three plies.

While the drawings show several forms which the invention may take, itis obvious, that still further variations may be used within the scopeof the invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is: l

1. The method of making album bags which includes making pairs oftransversely spaced oblique slits in a continuously advancing web ofpaper and within the margins thereof, said pairs of slits being spacedapart longitudinally at bag section intervals, folding the web to form atube, one edge of which is coincident with the divergent ends of onelongitudinal set of slits and the other edge of which is spaced from thedivergent ends of the remaining longitudinal set of slits, interjoiningthe web margins, severing one wall of said tube by two transverse cuts,one of which extends from said other tube edge to the divergent end oftheA adjacent slit, and the other of which connects the convergent endof said slit with the convergent end of the other slit constituting apair, and severing the other wall by a transverse cut in line with thedivergent ends of said pair of slits.

2. The method of making album bags which includes making pairs oftransversely spaced oblique slits in a continuously advancing web ofpaper and within the margins thereof, said pairs of slits being spacedapart longitudinally at bag section intervals, folding the web to form atube, one edge of which is coincident with the divergent ends of onelongitudinal set of slits and the other edge of which is spaced from thedivergent ends of the remaining longitudinal set of slits, feeding astrip between the web margins and joining it thereto, severing one wallof said tube by two transverse cuts, one of which extends from saidother tube edge to thedivergent edge of the adjacent slit and alsoeffects severance of said strip and the other of which connects theconvergent end of said slit with the convergent end of the other slitconstituting a pair, and severing the other wall by a transverse cut inline with the divergent ends of said pair of slits.

3. The method of making album bags which includes making pairs oftransversely spaced oblique slits in a continuously advancing web ofpaper and within the margins thereof, said pairs of slits being spacedapart longitudinally at bag section intervals, folding the web toarrange one margin of the web outside the divergent ends of onelongitudinal series of slits, folding the web along a. line coincidentwith the divergent ends of the other longitudinal series of slits tolocate the second margin of the web on said folded-over portion andpasting said second marginto said folded-over portion to form a flattube, severing the convergent end of said slit with the convergent endof the other slit constituting a pair and severing the other wall by atransverse cut extending in line with the divergent ends of said pair ofslits.

4. The method of making album bags which includes making pairs oftransversely spaced oblique slits in a. continuously advancing web ofpaper and within the margins thereof, said pairs of slits being spacedapart longitudinally at bag section intervals, folding the web toarrange one margin of the web outside the divergent ends of onelongitudinal series of slits and pasting the folded-over portion to theremainder, folding the web along a line coincident with the divergentends of the other longitudinal series of slits to locate the secondmargin of the web on said folded-over portion and pasting said secondmargin to said folded-over portion to form a at tube, severing one wallof said tube by two transverse cuts, one of which extends from the outeredge of said folded-over portion to the divergent end of the adjacentslit and the other of which connects the convergent end of said slitwith the convergent end of the other slit constituting a pair andsevering the other wall by a transverse cut extending in line with thedivergent ends of said pair of slits.

GEORGE W. POPPE.

